The Republican challenger for U.S. Senate let everyone know where he stood on gay marriage. Jeff Bell criticized the U.S. Supreme Court for allowing lower court rulings to stand allowing gay marriage in the country. Bell is challenging U.S. Senator Cory Booker in his reelection campaign; Booker is a strong supporter for gay marriage. This…
A pair of state court cases says that video captured by dashboard cameras in police vehicles are a matter of public record. An argument was being made against it to ensure that criminal investigations aren’t compromised, but the court ruled against that argument. Legislation was recently signed by Gov. Chris Christie that would mandate all…
A North Jersey lawmaker says tripling the gas tax may fall short of the needs to fund transportation projects in the state. State Assemblyman Scott Rumana said, according to NJ.com, that a 31 cents per gallon increase to the tax would fall billions of dollars short in the long run. The state has the second…
Four hotly contested governor’s races will be featured in Gov. Chris Christie’s travel plans. Christie is planning to travel to Minnesota, Kansas, Maine and Connecticut to help campaign. The governor’s races in those four states are almost dead heats in the polls and Christie is trying to lend his support to get the win.
A new poll says that if lawmakers want to find transportation funding, voters don’t want it coming out of the gas tax. A Rutgers Eagleton Poll says that 66 percent of the state doesn’t support increasing the gas tax to bring in more transportation funding. This shows a slight decrease from previous polls, but a…
Senate President Steve Sweeney and union leaders rallied to push back against attempts to make unions take major concessions on pension and health benefits. Carl Ichan, who owns the Tropicana, is the major lender to the Trump Taj Mahal and only offered to invest capital into the casino if the significant changes were made to…
A grand opening will take place on Sunday for the Fishing Creek School in Lower Township. The Friends of the Fishing Creek School have been primarily responsible for the rebuild of the school after it fell into disrepair with the state ownership. A press release estimates that $20,000 was raised by the group to help…
A football player alleged in a fight in Millville will not be participating with the team for the rest of the season. Millville High School superintendent David Gentile confirmed that Rob Ennis will be suspended from the team for the rest of the season. Ennis allegedly struck a female in the nose at the Miss Holly…
A vehicle was traveling into Wildwood Friday morning when it overturned on Route 47. Police responded a little after 7 a.m. to the incident. There has been no official word released on the status of anyone inside of the vehicle, but it did appear the driver was able to get out of the van. The…
The race for the U.S. Senate seat is getting very close. U.S. Senator Cory Booker only holds a nine point lead over Republican challenger Jeff Bell, according to a Stockton Institute Poll. The data shows a tightening in the race from previous Stockton polls, but also is a different story from other recent polls which…